Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

That such a small matter actually alarmed Secretary Song? Qin Yang found it unbelievable. What kind of mess had they made over there?

"Who called?" Seeing Qin Yang put down the phone with a very unpleasant expression, Nie Xiaoqian quickly asked.

"Didn't you recognize it just now?"

"Well, I guessed it was Uncle Song. Calling you on New Year's Eve, it must be something very important, right? Do you want me to go with you?" Nie Xiaoqian was very worried about Qin Yang.

Hearing these words, a warm current surged in Qin Yang's heart. Although they hadn't explicitly confessed their feelings, Nie Xiaoqian's concern for Qin Yang had never changed.

"No need. It's already made your dad unhappy having you eat dumplings at my old Qin's place on New Year's Eve. Chaozi, drive Teacher Nie home."

"Can you handle it alone?" Nie Xiaoqian asked with great concern.

"Of course. What storms haven't I, Qin Yang, seen? Don't worry! Sigh, it's clearly not my problem, but those people can't handle it, so they want me to clean up their mess. Hmph, normally they should be carrying me over in a sedan chair, but now they're trying to pin the blame on me. Sigh, officials at higher levels can crush people to death. Since they're so much higher up, I can only play the grandson."

"Okay, if anything happens, call me. My home number is..."

Secretary Song's office.

"Director Ni returned to Factory 616 and was greeted by the entire factory at the gate. They even put up big-character posters, shouting slogans and accusing Director Ni of selling out the factory for personal gain! This matter has even alarmed the old leaders!" Secretary Song said angrily, "Qin Yang, this is all your doing!"

"Report to the leader, isn't this a false accusation?" Qin Yang said, somewhat speechless, "Director Ni made this decision himself. What does it have to do with me, Qin Yang? His subordinates are at odds with him, it's his own inability to manage the factory. I, Qin Yang, have lived for eighteen years and haven't even stepped foot in Shanxi, let alone visited their Factory 616. Don't pin this on me."

"Really? President Qin, I heard that during that meeting, you strongly supported the engine institute's plan. During the dinner afterward, you gave a long speech, hinting to Director Ni that you were a self-taught master of psychology!"

"No, that's not how it is. To condemn someone..." Qin Yang hadn't finished speaking when he saw Leader Han next to him in the office shaking his head vigorously. Anyway, the meaning was clear, and he finally lowered his head, "Okay, whatever you say. Do you want me to spend the New Year in there?"

"That won't be necessary. Since you admit that you're involved in this mess, then you have to find a way to clean it up." Secretary Song said, "As long as this matter is resolved, the mistakes you made on this project will be written off."

Hmph, they just want me to help solve the problem? Qin Yang had guessed it when he hung up the phone. Couldn't they just ask nicely? Did they have to make such a show!

"How is it? Do you have a solution?" Leader Han asked Qin Yang, "First of all, no violence."

They were just considering how to solve the problem peacefully. If they could just arrest the troublemakers, why would they need to find Qin Yang?

"If I could use violence, would I have been called over on New Year's Eve?" At this time, the sound of firecrackers was ringing out one after another. If he were watching TV, it would be just when the New Year's bell was ringing. Thinking about how meaningless this New Year's Eve was, Qin Yang was also in a bad mood.

"Tell us."

"The people of Factory 616 are resisting, saying it nicely, it's for their own benefit. To put it bluntly, they just haven't gotten any benefits. As long as you give them some benefits, they'll be satisfied and naturally won't resist anymore," Qin Yang said.

"Give them benefits? How?"

"Introduce the production technology of Germany's MTU396 diesel engine and let Factory 616 produce it. With this piece of meat, see who else continues to make trouble," Qin Yang said.

"No, how is that possible? The military doesn't have that budget. Besides, the army has already decided to develop it themselves. How could they import a German engine again?"

Hearing MTU, Secretary Song naturally thought of the engine used on tanks and thought Qin Yang wanted to import a whole set of tank engine technology. That's not feasible! The country doesn't plan to spend huge sums of money on national defense. If the funds were sufficient, they could support two parallel engine research and development projects at the same time. Would they need to call Qin Yang over?

Qin Yang was indeed a bit aggrieved, but who told him he had so many ideas? He had to solve this problem.

"No, this is not the 873 engine used on the Leopard 2 tank. We don't need to dream about that. We can't import it even if we spend money. At most, we can only import a civilian 8V331 engine, and it's ridiculously expensive. The engine I'm talking about is the latest German-developed civilian diesel engine with an enlarged stroke," Qin Yang introduced, "This engine's cylinder diameter is 165 mm, and the piston stroke is 185 mm. The 873 engine and 331 engine are 170 and 175 respectively. The data is different."

"Civilian diesel engine?"

"That's right. This engine is a versatile civilian engine. In terms of the number of cylinders, there are several layouts: 6, 8, 12, l6, and 20 cylinders. Its power also ranges from more than 300 kilowatts to 2,000 kilowatts, covering a wide range. After we import it, it can be used in various civilian equipment, such as large-tonnage mining dump trucks, oilfield machinery power, railway locomotives, construction machinery, power generation equipment, special vehicle power, etc. This project is civilian, it's to develop our country's economy, it's completely worth importing."

"Completely civilian? Can it be used in military industry?" Leader Han asked.

"Of course," Qin Yang said, "The largest 20-cylinder engine can be used on warships and submarines."

Speaking of this engine, it's a perennial evergreen in later generations. When China exported advanced submarines to Thailand, they specifically requested the German MTU396 diesel engine, which led to a series of troubles.

Now Qin Yang wants to import this engine, of course, to lay the groundwork for the future.

"You little brat, you're very cunning, just not mentioning the tank engine," Secretary Song said.

Of course, that is only technology transplantation, and it can never be said to be a knockoff.

"How much will this cost?" Secretary Song asked the most concerned question.

"That depends on how we operate it."

The twenty-cylinder behemoth